HPDBC Chapter 1381 Zhao Jun borrows money
Chapter 1381 Zhao Jun borrows money
Chapter 1381 Zhao Jun borrows money
The blue color that the mountain hikers here refer to is described as grayish-brown in the local dialect.
Green dragons, green wolves, and green tigers are almost all this color.
The green skin that Xu Changlin mentioned is actually wolf skin.
There are no wolves in the mountains; wolves only live on grasslands, plains and meadows.
There have been no wolves in Yong'an Forest District from ancient times to the present day, but if you go down the mountain from Yong'an Forest District to Anjia Town, Daohua County, and then go northwest, you can enter the Songnen Plain.
Between Anjia Town and Songnen Plain, there is a place called Liangdianzi.
There was a wolf plague there a few years ago, and several wolf packs of different sizes attacked nearby villages and towns.
Those villages asked their superiors for help, and their superiors called on nearby artillerymen to go and kill the wolves.
At that time, Old Zhao Pao, that is, Zhao Jun's grandfather Zhao Dazhui, took Zhao Youcai with him.
Xu Changlin, who is as famous as Zhao Dazhu, also participated.
I guess the green skin in Xu Changlin's hand was obtained from that battle.
The green peel is not valuable to begin with, and it has been preserved for so many years, so we still don’t know what it looks like.
But since it was the old man's good intention, Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan did not try to save his face and just accepted it with a smile.
After seeing Xu Changlin off, it was already dark outside and it was estimated that no outsiders would come.
"Son!" Wang Meilan asked Zhao Jun, "How was your trip up the mountain today?"
"Don't mention it, Mom." Zhao Jun waved his hands helplessly. Li Baoyu next to him spoke up and told everyone what happened on the mountain today with his average expressive ability.
"Qin Dajiang is dead?" Everyone sighed when they heard Li Baoyu's words. Unlike Deng Zhaoshan, Qin Dajiang was an old man in Yong'an Village. Except for the newcomers Li Tongyun and Xie Sunshi, everyone else was old acquaintances of his.
"Oh my!" Wang Meilan sighed and shook her head, "That old man never enjoyed happiness in his life, and he still died a miserable death when he got old."
When Wang Meilan said that it was not a good death, she was not insulting him, but saying that this person died an untimely death.
"Not so good at all." The old lady frowned, grinned, and said with emotion: "Qin Dajiang is over 60 years old, right? He works like a donkey for his son all day long. You say this... Oh my!"
At the end of her speech, the old lady just shook her head.
No wonder the old lady sighed that Qin Dajiang, who had three sons and one daughter, was living in a worse situation than her, an old lady without children.
"That Qin Qiang is also screwed." Wang Qiang felt sorry for Qin Dajiang and said, "It's useless to support that son."
Hearing Wang Qiang's words, Zhao Jun looked at him strangely. In his previous life, Wang Qiang raised his son in a way that was comparable to Qin Qiang's.
In this life... Zhao Jun estimated that the boy was also a bastard, but he was just a cousin and had no way to teach his cousin how to be a man. He could only wait until later to help his uncle.
After talking about Qin Dajiang, Wang Meilan talked about today's business again. She asked Li Tongyun to bring the account book.
Li Tongyun was about to hand over the account book, but he remembered something and hurriedly opened the book and said, "The old man just now came to sell that leather. I gave him 3,000 yuan, but I haven't recorded it yet."
She had never been exposed to this thing before. This was the first time she had seen lynx skin in her life.
"Sister, I don't need to see." Zhao Jun said, "Just tell me how much money you spent today."
"Hmm..." Li Tongyun glanced at the account book and said, "Adding the 3,000 just now, the total is 36,525."
"Oh my God!" Zhao Jun was stunned and looked at Wang Meilan and said, "Mom, in two days, won't our 100,000 yuan be gone?"
"Well, that's it." Wang Meilan also fell into sweet troubles. She sighed and said, "Ruhai is out for another day today. Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow... I guess the little money left will have to be given out to others."
"Nephew." At this time, Wang Qiang said to Zhao Jun, "You can't wait until the money is gone before leaving."
Zhao Jun was startled when he heard this, and then he heard Wang Qiang continue, "This side is clean, if you leave, what will happen to the people who come to sell furs?"
The older generation of business people have a saying that goes "Don't hurt your customers."
For example, Wang Fu's store has been open for more than ten years. As long as it is open, there will always be someone watching the store, and it has never been closed.
Even when there are weddings or funerals in the village, Wang Fu and his wife would rather have one less person eat at the table and leave one person at home to watch.
The purpose is to prevent buyers from making wasted trips.
The Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce has just made a name for itself in the surrounding villages. If someone comes to sell furs the next day and you say you don't have money to pay them, wouldn't that ruin your reputation?
"Then we..." Zhao Jun looked at Li Baoyu and said, "The day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow..."
"Brother, aren't we going to kowtow to that blind bear tomorrow?" As soon as Li Baoyu said this, before Zhao Jun could reply, Wang Qiang interrupted and asked, "Nephew, are you still going to kowtow to that blind bear?"
"That's right, son." Wang Meilan said, "If you don't say that blind bear is evil, we should try not to do it if we can."
Zhao Jun expressed his concerns and thoughts, and finally concluded: "It's so troublesome, sooner or later I will have to go to the forest farm. Don't let me be left alone when I'm not at home, and he won't be able to do it alone."
Wang Qiang was a good hunter, and he was ranked among the top ten in the Yong'an Forest District in terms of hunting bears. But no one went bear hunting alone, and even if someone followed them, they had to be trustworthy.
After saying this, Zhao Jun continued, "Tomorrow, Baoyu, Xiaochen, and I will lead the dog up the mountain and try to knock it down within two days. After that, we will pack up and leave."
"That's fine." Wang Meilan said, "I still have 18,000 yuan at home. If it doesn't work, I can invest it in our business."
"I still have about 200 yuan at home." Wang Qiang said to Wang Meilan, "If it doesn't work, I'll ask your sister-in-law to go back to her parents' home and ask her brother or something, and see..."
"Just stop it." Wang Meilan interrupted Wang Qiang and said, "But my sister-in-law won't go back to her parents' home these days. If you ask her to go home and borrow money again, what will happen?"
Wang Meilan said this, Wang Qiang smiled awkwardly. At this time, Zhao Ling took the initiative to say to Wang Meilan: "It's okay, sister, we are doing business now, I will go back and talk to my brother and sister-in-law, and it should be no problem to borrow three to five hundred yuan from each family."
"But there is nothing else." Wang Meilan also interrupted Zhao Ling and said, "It's not a good idea to do it this way."
Borrowing money is not like other things. Zhao Ling is confident that she can borrow it, but if Zhao Ling's brother and sister-in-law disagree, how can Zhao Ling save face? If this matter continues, it will affect the relationship between the siblings, which will be bad.
"Auntie." At this time, Li Baoyu said beside him, "Why don't we go to the credit union to borrow money?"
There is a loan business these days, and Zhao Jun knows that it is okay not to pay back the money borrowed from banks and credit unions these days.
Of course, his family couldn't do that kind of thing, but if they went to a credit union to borrow money, it would be difficult for them to borrow even a thousand.
It’s not that the credit union doesn’t have money, but that people don’t know him and don’t dare to lend so much at once.
If you want to borrow only five, seven or eight hundred yuan, it’s better not to borrow it.
Zhao Jun never expected that after his rebirth he would actually have to worry about money one day.
"Mom." Zhao Chun said, "Why don't we go out and pick up two more?"
"No." Wang Meilan waved her hand without hesitation and said, "If we go out to raise money, everyone in the village will know about it in less than three days."
What Zhao Chun meant by "raising money" is simply private lending, with a middleman as a guarantor and a relatively high interest rate.
Generally, the interest rate is 1% or 2%; the highest rates include 3% or 5%.
Wang Meilan disagreed, firstly because she couldn't borrow much. People didn't have much money these days, and in the entire Yong'an Forest District, apart from their families, the only family with a millionaire in Yongsheng was the old Pang family.
And they don't want to raise money, so they ask someone to lend them at most three or two thousand.
Another reason is that Wang Meilan was concerned about the reputation of the Chamber of Commerce. In those days, it was not like later, there was no one who used famine to do business, and if the whole village knew about it, it would not be good.
"Okay, Mom." Zhao Jun said, "Don't worry about this. I'll find a way."
"Son, what can you do?" Wang Meilan asked. Zhao Jun replied, "I'll ask Uncle Tao to see if he can come forward and help us put a word with the credit union."
Among the people Zhao Jun knew, the only ones who had a say in the village were Zhou Chunming and Yongxing. Chu Anmin was also one of them, but he was such a big director that Zhao Jun might not be able to convince him.
Zhou Chunming had little business dealings with the credit union, but it was different for the two people in Yongxing. Their production team had to deal with the credit union all year round.
"Hey? Son, don't tell me!" Wang Meilan clapped her hands when she heard that. "It's really good to find him when you can't be prepared."
"Then I'll go make a phone call." Zhao Jun stood up and said to Wang Qiang, "Uncle, you can come with me."
"Hmm?" Wang Qiang was startled, and then he heard Zhao Jun explain: "If there are other people in the garrison, you can chat with them, so that he doesn't have to listen to you."
"Okay!" Hearing what Zhao Jun said, Wang Qiang immediately stood up, took the cotton jacket and put it on, then followed Zhao Jun out.
After leaving the yard and walking towards the garrison, Wang Qiang said to Zhao Jun, "Nephew, I want to fight blind bears with you guys tomorrow, too."
Zhao Jun was startled, then asked with a smile: "What's the matter, uncle? Can't you stay at home?"
"Yeah!" Wang Qiang pursed his lips and said with a bitter face, "I can't wait any longer. I have to go to work today."
"Haha..." Zhao Jun laughed when he heard Wang Qiang's words. In the past, Wang Qiang lived a very comfortable life. He really did not work or produce anything. He only played cards and hunted every day.
Now, Wang Qiang has been in charge of the Chamber of Commerce for seven or eight days in a row, and he is in a very difficult situation.
"You're still happy." Wang Qiang glared at Zhao Jun and said, "Who among you can stay at home and take my place? Let me go out for a run too."
"Uncle, who do you think can replace you?" Zhao Jun said with a smile, "We only have a few people, my father, my uncle Li, and my second brother. The three of them have to go to work. My eldest brother Zhang can't go to the fields yet, Baoyu and Xiaochen have no experience either. At least you can understand bear gall and skin at home."
"Oh!" Wang Qiang sighed heavily after hearing what Zhao Jun said.
At this moment, the image of a person suddenly appeared in Zhao Jun's mind.
"Uncle." Zhao Jun said, "Hold on for two more days, and I'll find someone to replace you."
"Who is it?" Wang Qiang asked, "Nephew, you can't ask outsiders to handle this matter. Outsiders are not capable of handling the matter."
"Don't worry, uncle." Zhao Jun said with a smile: "This person is definitely not an outsider."
"Who is it?" Wang Qiang asked. Zhao Jun whispered something to him, which made Wang Qiang laugh.
As they were talking, the uncle and nephew arrived in front of the village gate and happened to meet Zhao Guofeng who was about to lock the door and go home.
When Zhao Jun said he wanted to make a phone call, Zhao Guofeng took them into the house without saying a word.
Zhao Jun picked up the phone to make a call. On the other end, Wang Qiang took out a pack of Yingchun cigarettes from his pocket and started chatting with Zhao Guofeng about family matters.
When the call was connected, Zhao Jun heard Yu Xuewen's voice on the other end.
"Is this Secretary Yu? I'm Zhao Jun." Zhao Jun greeted him, and then he heard Yu Xuewen say over there: "Zhao Jun, it's me."
Then Yu Xuewen said, "Hey, Zhao Jun, I saw you on TV the other day, and what you said was so good."
That day, Tao Dabao thought he could be on TV, so he called Yu Xuewen to his house, but it ended up making Zhao Jun famous.
Zhao Jun laughed, and then Yu Xuewen asked, "What's the matter? Is there something you want to talk about?"
"Secretary Yu, did you see the black tiger?" Zhao Jun asked this because after the black tiger came back from Lingnan, it crossed the Changliu River and entered the Qingshidingzi.
After returning from the mountains that day, Zhao Jun made a special call to the Yongxing Brigade to inform them of the incident, but it was Tao Dabao who answered the phone.
"We watched." Yu Xuewen said, "Yesterday and the day before yesterday, I led people up the mountain for two days. We saw the claw marks of the old man and followed him.
Later, it followed us to the bottom of the tallest horn. We took a look at it from a distance, but we didn’t shoot it.”
"Ah..." Zhao Jun had hunted in Yongxing and knew that the Big Horn that Yu Xuewen mentioned was the mountain area with the highest altitude in their area.
"Then let it stay there?" Zhao Jun asked again. Yu Xuewen said, "How can we do that? We finally have no more fierce mountain animals here. Can we keep it? Lao Tao insisted on going today. He led his men over and left it to me to look after the house."
"Oh." Zhao Jun heard this and said, "My Uncle Tao is not at home?"
"Ah." Yu Xuewen responded, and then asked: "What's the matter, Zhao Jun? Do you have something to talk to him about?"
"Yes, Secretary Yu." Zhao Jun said, "I have something to do."
"Then tell me." Yu Xuewen said, "If I can do it, I will do it for you."
"Um..." Zhao Jun organized his words, then lowered his voice and said, "My family is now in the business of collecting mountain products. I'm a little short of money recently, so I want to borrow some money from the credit union."
"How much do you want?" Yu Xuewen asked. Zhao Jun laughed and said, "If it's convenient, there's one worth 50,000, 70,000 or 80,000..."
"That's impossible." Yu Xuewen interrupted Zhao Jun and said, "You are a human being, and you are not engaged in agriculture. If I were to guarantee you, the maximum I could get would be three or five thousand."
Zhao Jun was about to speak when Yu Xuewen added, "How long do you want it to take? If it's short, I still have a way. If it's long, that won't work."
"It won't take me many days, Secretary Yu." Zhao Jun said, "At most, it will take about ten days."
After saying this, Zhao Jun also added: "This is too much to say. It seems that it will not be used for more than ten days."
"Yes." After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Yu Xuewen on the other end of the phone seemed to have made a decision and said, "When Lao Tao comes back today, I will talk to him. If he says yes, we will have a meeting tomorrow. After that, if the brigade approves it, our brigade can lend you 50,000 yuan."
"Oh, Secretary Yu, that's great!" Zhao Jun was overjoyed when he heard that.
"Listen to me," Yu Xuewen said, "This is part of the money our brigade earned from selling grain. We have to agree that it must be returned to us before the New Year. And after that, you have to pay some interest, because this is not my personal money."
"Secretary Yu, that's a must." Zhao Jun said, "I will definitely be able to pay it back before the New Year. If it's less than a month, we'll calculate it as a month. What do you think is a suitable interest rate?"
"Then don't worry." Yu Xuewen said, "We can't ask for more from you. We'll give you 3% interest. It's enough for us to buy a pig."
(End of this chapter)